Werner Engel (painter)
Werner Emil Engel (born August 22, 1880 in Thun ; † June 18, 1941 ibid) was a Swiss painter and graphic artist .
Life and works
Engel worked as a photographer until 1902. He then studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Bern and in 1905 at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich , where Maximilian Dasio taught him. In 1907 he moved to Robert Poetzelberger in Stuttgart . He also stayed in Italy, the south of France and Paris for study purposes . From 1905 he took part in exhibitions, including in Paris. Engels' works ended up in museums in Solothurn , Thun and Bern. He illustrated the work of the Bernese Oberland in sagas and history by Hermann Hartmann, Paul Beck's Thun guide and his own book Mein Thun .
literature
- Werner Weisbach : Engel, Werner . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 531 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Heinrich Türler : Engel, Werner Emil . In: Carl Brun (Ed.): Swiss Artist Lexicon . Volume 4: Supplement AZ. Huber & Co., Frauenfeld 1917, p. 139 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Engel, Werner. In: Hermann Aellen (Hrsg.): Schweizerisches Zeitgenossen-Lexikon. Bern 1921, p. 185 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- To the Werner Engels painting exhibition in Thun. In: Die Berner Woche , Vol. 17, 1927, p. 274 ( e-periodica )
Web links
Commons : Werner Engel - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Engels' life data. sikart.ch
- ↑ Local artists paid taxes with their pictures. In: Berner Zeitung , September 19, 2012 ( bernerzeitung.ch ).
- ↑ 100 years ago. 9,300 francs for fire department magazine. In: Berner Zeitung , September 27, 2016 ( berneroberlaender.ch ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engel, Werner |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Engel, Werner Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tuna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1941 |
| Place of death | Tuna |